Club Baloncesto Axarquía, more known by its sponsorship name of Clinicas Rincón Axarquía, was a basketball team based in Málaga, Andalusia.
History Until the 2000s, Axarquía played in Regional leagues and in Liga EBA. In 2005 the team achieved a vacant berth in LEB 2 and started its collaboration as the farm team of Unicaja. Since 2011, the club started playing its games out of the comarca of Axarquía.
In July 2013, when Unicaja was going to resign to continue with its reserve team in LEB Plata, a local entrepreneur rescued CB Axarquía and achieved a vacant berth in LEB Oro. La Opinión de Málaga, 6 July 2013 Axarquía agreed also new collaboration terms with Unicaja and now is playing again as farm team.
In March 2015 it was announced CB Axarquía would leave the professional leagues at the end of the season and would restart its project at Liga EBA,Clínicas Rincón abandonará su proyecto en la LEB; Diario Sur, 4 March 2015 but finally the club accepted to play in LEB Plata.
One year later, CB Axarquía would be dissolved due to the lack of support. Manolo Rincón, president and sponsor of the club, accepted the proposal of Unicaja Málaga to sponsor all the youth teams of the club. Season by season SeasonTierDivisionPos.2002–03 4 Liga EBA 14–162003–04 4 Liga EBA 19–132004–05 4 Liga EBA . 20–102005–06 3 LEB 2 12th 12–182006–07 3 LEB 2 14th 14–202007–08 3 LEB Plata 4th 26–122008–09 2 LEB Oro 7th 19–172009–10 2 LEB Oro 14th 13–212010–11 2 LEB Oro 14th 12–222011–12 2 LEB Oro17th 7–302012–13 3 LEB Plata 3rd 18–132013–14 2 LEB Oro 9th 11–172014–15 2 LEB Oro 14th 9–192015–16 3 LEB Plata 5th 15–19
Notable players Álex Abrines Ricardo Guillén Nedžad Sinanović Vítor Faverani Augusto Lima Paulão Prestes Rafa Luz Domantas Sabonis Tautvydas Sabonis Vilmantas Dilys Andrej Magdevski Ognjen Kuzmić
References
External links Official website